Secret drawer.



y T. T. BURCHELL.

`SECRET DRAWER. A

' APPLIcArlou'rlLED sums. 191s.

1,247,367. Patented Nov. 20, 1917.

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Be it known that'4 I, Tr'rnorriinus T. Brniorinnr., a ci iZen 'of the United fStates, and resident of'Manchestenin thecounty of Clay Mid" ,State .Q`K01tik5 have inielt'f certainfnew and 11s full Improvements in' Secret Drawers, of..." 'hichfthe 'following 'is a specification..`

"lhisinven'tion has reference: generallyfto improvements in furniture,l` and more particularly relates to a secret drawer especially adapted fory use in connect'on with a table. Theinv'ention hasfor its primary aim and obj ect to providelnovel means for mounting a drawer on-an articleof furniture'such as aA table inonder that the contents thereof may be preserved withsecrecy and safety, improved means being K"associated vtherewith and positioned s ,",fs tobelnown Y'only to one ofI authority [forreleasably holding the drawerf in a closedpfesition. p

Itis also contemplated'fby -'this invention to f provide.. improved .flocking means for the drawer, lsaid means operable by fa key and positioned so" 'as' notlto bgeasily disclosed to one lunfamiliar therewith. y i

More particularly, the present invention embraces the vprovision of novel means .whereby the drawer may be attached to any table or other article ofv furniture.

Among the other aims 'and objects of the invention may be 'recited' the provision of a device-.of `the chara ter vmentioned 'with a View tol compactyessiighe ynumber p offparts of which are few, bhforistrebtnffsai le; the cost of` production 'low and the e ,j Other improvements and" n ovel details Ain the. construction 'and `v arrangement of the va-l I`l011$ Parts of the device wlllbe brought out more in'detfail thedescription to follow, which, forfa clear V.,understanding of the in? vention, should be considered in *connection-r with' the a0mnanyr1fe-draw1ge forming a1 part' hereof, 'and lyvlierein ie disclosed, for: the purpose of illustration, convenient'and ny 'is t be meer, in ein @Oni-eenen; niet,

The invention is clearly illustrated accompanying drawings, in which A Figure 1 isa side elevation, partly in secv `Speoiica'tionof Letters Patent.

ciency Paterted Nov. 2o, 1917.

Application me@ september 19, 191e. yseran No; 120.9%.

tion,""showing my invention in a closed position.`

Fig; AQis a sideelevation' of my invention in an open'position. y

'.lhig. 3 is aperspective of a modified form of a means for attaching the drawer in position. v A" p Similar characters of reference are employed in all of theabove described views, to indicate corresponding parts.,`

Referring now, more particularly, to the accompanying drawings I provide a vtable indicated generally by the numeral l, and'it isto be'understood at :the outset that it is only illustrated in order that a thorough comprehensive understanding of the invention may bewobtained, as the table itself forms" no important part of the invention,

asillustrated consists of a 'top2, and a side piece 3, extending along the vunder surface ofthe topy adjacent the side edge. The rest ofthe table may` be of any conventional construction. Mounted for pivotal and sliding movement on the under surface ofthe top 2, are supports' Ll,which may be and preferably are constructe of strips of'relatively fiat metal havinglongitudinalslots 5, adjacent one end thereof. The supports are preferably connected to suitable fastening devices 6, carried in ears 7, which are in turn connected to the under surface of the top, the fastening devices 6, being operably ar ranged in ythe slots 5. These supports 4,v are preferably'four'in number and have their lower ends'pivot'ed through Vthe medium' ofy suitablefastening 'devices y8,' to the respective sides of a drawer 9, 'of raconventional con-l struction. l Anfoperating knob 10, is con'-A nectedv to the: underl surface of the bottom of the drawer '9","andit willbe readily7 apparent that when the' same is pushed inwardly they supports`will slide inwardly throughl thev mediuml fthe slots and fastening devices andiwlien'th'e fastening devices'a're arranged at the oiiter'ends of theslo'ts, because of the weight of the drawer pivot" aboutfthe. fastening 'device 6' landcon sequently-fniaintain the drawerin-a 'suspend-* 9,"the :supporter willE @dempen 'posaienia spaced rena-bewaar f the Surface. 9i -the P0P. @e .llafatelee ""or'the purpose of releasably retaining the drawer in a closed position in abutting relation with the under surface of the top of thimj have iirovidd pat/1511i piv otally mounted by means of a suitablepin 12, in a recess 13,*"i'i1tlie i1Iider`s1'rfaobf-'th-'f ga the other hand, (not shown) and pu 'edf'inwardly in order that the supports top 2. The engaging end 14, of the pawl'e'xtends at an angle from the main portionad' isjremovably arranged in a notch 15, in the lllPr edgeof onesidefof the drawer@soV .'as to prevent inward slidingmovement of the drawer.

A spring' v16, has its respective ends; hearing against. the; betteln; o f the. V11ecess landthe engaging end of the paw1 ,f and Semeraro, nermllrhold the pawl in yielding engagement with`the notli, ,while the guter @nfl Pfz-t @trawl terminates-.in fiif`1-er,niece 13 wlg is. normally, arranged in a 'Correspending opening 18, inthe top 2 and with the top 2 as sho'wn in Fig, 1.

In order to removably look thedrawer; in aflo'sedfposition, I have arranged a lek easingg 1-9, in, a. corresponding. ,recess 20, in the innersrface oftheside piece, 3,.'the lockin inernbersQl, being' arrangedtpfjreleasabil engagea keeper 29 in the front end of the drawer which abntsthe s ide. piece 3. All; X l pf=1nti,1f 1 g key-237 fis' '.flrrengdf t0 -re- I easably'engage the leek @elsing -t0 consef another form of means iorattaehingihe supports-to thezunder surface EVof the table. Iii-,the present instange this means 4consists of a supporting bar 24, which vmaybe and preferably is eonstruetedofa strip ofprelatively flat ,metal seonrablebymeans *offsuitf ableA :fastening I4devices ,.(not shown) adapted toy ,pass through suitable v spaeed .o:pening 25,; -.-.-S paeed ears 26,1%@ streek Qntrenwm edge gt ,thebain-24:;andA depend ;fromvthe main .portion thereof:as .fshovvnv in .I ig. 3, Thereeare', oi course,- twoao-thse su porting barsreqnired when tlriswform oatfaohing means iS employed, beinglseenrablefin spagedrelation 'on the ,'under snrfaoepf ,the

top gse .asrto f .Coli-LSen [nentlyy ,be arranged ,ngen 0p site sdesofithe drawer as is. n rinus.,

y he lmede ,.ofpeperation of ,theliI- iyenton maf fle-@reviewediasillows -5- -f ssugmgfthatthe-,drwer serramenti@ Slwwmm Sie and 1s deer Yrt 4 will slide about -the fastening devices 6 

